4 ms·
It's too easy to get caught up in the "social sharing" It's also hard not to recognize that consumer technology shifts further towards entertainment than utili
by fudged 15y ago
It's too easy to get caught up in the "social sharing"
It's also hard not to recognize that consumer technology shifts further towards entertainment than utility. It's bizarre and selfish how consumer technology alerts you immediately about friend requests but not local emergencies. It's bizarre and selfish how your phone can show people your apps, contacts, and calendar, but not emergency medical information. Having apps x, y, and z can someone solve these for an individual, but as a society we haven't progressed much with this technology. The idea that the person beside me might have a heart attack, and I'd have to navigate their phone to find an ICE contact just baffles the hell out of me.
- vectorpush 15y agoconsumer technology shifts further towards entertainment than utility. It shifts towards whatever people will pay for. There are a lot more wallets interested in entertainment than local emergencies.